Perfumed-smoke producing bodies



June 9, 1959 I A. VIRMOND PERFUMED-SMOKE PRODUCING BODIEs Filed May 31, 1955 INVENTOR ALEXANDER VIRMOND mwse d M ATTORNEY United States Patent The present invention relates to a smoke-producing body and to a method for making such a body which, when used in conjunction with certain articles, tends to give a natural impression of the smoke normally given off by those articles such, for example, as figures smoking cigarettes. This is a continuation-in-part of my pending application, Serial No. 464,510, filed October 25, 1954, now abandoned.

The known smoke-producing bodies which have been used for this purpose, develop smoke when ignited but fail to give a natural impression of smoke emission since they emit the smoke in a constant stream rather than in intermittent pufis.

Applicant has developed a smoke-producing body which gives intermittent puffs of smoke and thus makes such a body particularly suitable for use in toy or joke. figures which simulate the smoking of tobacco, particularly if the smoke-producing body has the form and appearance of a small cigar or cigarette. Such smoke-producing bodies are also particularly suitable for producing smoke in toys or models in which a particularly natural impression is desired.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a smoke-producing body which will give a deceptively accurate impression of the emission of smoke from an article, for example, such as a figure smoking a cigarette.

In obtaining the object of the invention, one feature resides in providing a smoke-producing body including a combustible core and a particular covering therefor, which, after being ignited, emits smoke intermittently as the covering and core burn at difierent rates.

Another feature resides in incorporating in the smokeproducing body means for excluding any unpleasant smell which normally arises when the core is burned.

Other objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the disclosure of the application when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. l is an end view of an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along lines 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the core of the smokeproducing body being wrapped with a combustible cover.

In many cases, however, it becomes disturbingly obvious that the smell of the combustion products, above all of the core which consists preferably of Celluloid, can give rise to unpleasant inconvenience. Contrary to expectation, however, the attempt to superimpose perfumes on this smell, did not lead to the desired result particularly when perfumes were applied directly to the core which burns away with the unpleasant smell, or were incorporated in the material for the core.

Surprisingly, it has been found that the unpleasant smell can be effectively excluded if at least part of the slow-binning covering of the smoke-producing body contains a perfume. For example, genuine or synthetic scents or perfumes are suitable for this, which produce" the odour of roses, carnations or lavender. Particularly" advantageous is the use of a perfume which produces a smell of pine-needles, since this has proved excellent fordrowning the strong camphor smell of the burning Cellu-j loid.

Naturally other scents such as those which give off-j the genuine smell of tobacco or similar smells may beused.

It was not obvious to include perfumes in the casing because the intermittent smoke-development aimed at in core, an inadmissible shift would occur in the relationship between the burning or smouldering rate of the covering and the combustion rate of the core. Contrary to expectation however, these difdculties have been satisfactorily overcome in spite of the introduction of perfumes into the covering, the functional capacity of the smoke-producing body is retained adequately, particularly if, according to an advantageous embodiment of the present invention, the smoke-producing body is manu-f factured in such a manner that only part of the covering contains the perfume while the rest remains untreated so the smoulderingcan continue in this part undisturbed and at the necessary speed.

Insofar as it is a question of the manufacture of smoke-producing bodies, in which the core 1 is woundround with a paper casing, the procedure is preferably such that the strip of paper 2 forming the covering,

the width of which corresponds to the length of the core; is only partially impregnated with a solution of perfume, preferably by dipping. For example, about a quarter of; the length of the strip may be dipped, then removed from the solution, after which the solution rises further in the' strip. Only when about half the strip has been impreg nated in this manner is further spreading of the perfume solution prevented by rapid drying. The strip which is v half impregnated with the perfume, is then wound round the core in such a manner that the impregnated portion forms the inner layer, i.e. the winding is begun with the impregnated side 3 so that the outer layers of the finished covering do not contain any perfume.

It is also possible, however, to depart from this method of operation and to distribute the perfume differently in the casing, the purpose of improving the smell or distinctly perfuming being likewise achieved practically perfectly. The finished unperfumed or, if necessary, preliminarily perfumed bodies, i.e. cigarettes, may, however be wholly or partially covered in a solution of a perfume or be exposed, for example in a container, to the action of dry odorous substances, i.e. dry perfume.

As indicated, the perfume is preferably introduced in dissolved form, the nature of the solvent used depending naturally on the type of perfume. In general, however, isopropyl alcohol has proved satisfactory.

In order to increase the production of smoke and to improve still further the drawing capacity during combustion, the finished smoke-producer may, to advantage, be provided externally with a thin coating of an oxygenevolving agent, particularly saltpeter, which may be done, for example, by sprinkling with a 5 percent solution.

I claim:

1. An elongated rod-like intermittent smoke-producing body having a substantially uniform cross-sectional area Patented June, 9, 1959,

throughout its length, said body comprising a rod-like core of combustible material having a relatively fast rate of combustion and capable of generating smoke during combustion, said core extending throughout the length of saidbody, and a multiple- -layer cover of relatively slow burning material in contact with and wound about said core substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said core, said cover also extending throughout the length of said body, the thickness of said core being substantially greater than the thickness of said cover and the ratio of the thickness of said cover to the thickness of said core being substantially constant throughout the length of said body, whereby, when said slow burning cover is ignited, it periodically ignites said core to produce intermittent pads of smoke.

2, An elongated cylindrical smoke-producing body having a length substantially greater than its diameter,

said body comprising a cylindrical core of combustible material having a relatively fast rate of combustion and capable of generating smoke during combustion, said core extending throughout the length of said body, and a thin multiple layer cover of relatively slow burning material in contact with and Wound about said core, said cover also extending throughout the length of said body, the innermost layer of said cover containing a perfume and the outermost layer of said cover being free of said perfume whereby, when said slow burning cover is ignited, it periodically ignites said core to produce intermittent pufis of perfumed smoke.

3. A smoke-producing body according to claim 2 including a thin coating of an oxygen evolving agent on the outermost layer of said cover.

4. A smoke-producing body according to claim 3 wherein said oxygen evolving agent is saltpeter.

5. The method of making an elongated rod-like smokeproducing body comprising the steps of impregnating a portion of the length of a strip of combustible material with a perfume containing substance, said strip having a width substantially equal to the length of said smokeproducing body, and then, beginning with the impregnated portion of said strip, winding said strip about a rod-like core of combustible material in a direction transverse to the length of said core to provide a multiple layer cover extending substantially throughout the length of said core with the outermost layers of said cover being free from perfume solution, the core having a relatively fast rate of combustion as compared to said cover whereby, when said cover is ignited, it periodically ignites said core to produce intermittent puffs of perfumed smoke.

6. The method of making an elongated rod-like smokea,sse,ese

producing body comprising the steps of dipping a strip of combustible material in a perfume solution to impregnate a portion of the length of said strip, then placing the impregnated end portion of said strip against a rodlike core of combustible material having a length substantially equal to the width of said strip and with the Width of said strip matched to the length of said core so that said strip may be wound about said core, and then Winding said strip about said core beginning with the impregnated end portion of said strip until a multiple layer cover is provided on said core with the outermost layers being free of the perfume solution, the core hava ing a relatively fast rate of combustion as compared to said cover whereby, when said cover is ignited, it periodically ignites said core to produce intermittent pufis of perfumed smoke.

7. The method according to claim 6 including the step ofrapplying a thin coating of an oxygen evolving agent to the exterior surface of said cover.

8. The method according to claim 6 including the step of sprinkling the outermost layer of said cover with a saltpeter solution to provide an oxygen evolving coat ing thereon.

9. An article of manufacture useful for producing intermittent putls of smoke, said article consisting of an elongated, rod-like core of combustible material having a relatively fast rate of combustion and capable of generating smoke during combustion, and a saltpeter imprcgnated paper cover disposed around the longitudinal surfaces of said core, said cover serving as an igniter for said core and having a rate of burning slower than the rate of combustion of said core whereby said core may be ignited periodically by said cover to produce in termittent puifs of smoke.

10. An article of manufacture useful for producing in termittent puiis of smoke, said article consisting of an elongated, rod-like Celluloid core, and a saltpeter impregnated paper cover disposed around the longitudinal surfaces of said Celluloid core, said cover serving as an igniter for said core and having a rate of burning slower than the rate of combustion of said core whereby said core may be ignited periodically by said cover to produce intermittent pufis of smoke. 

